Making fatty food compounds.



JOHN H. FILBERT, 0]? BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MAKING FATTY FOOD COMPOUNDS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 2o, 1911.

Application filed March 23, 1911. Serial No. 616,544.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. FILBER'na citizen of the, United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Making Fatty Food Compounds,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a method of im-.

parting to food compounds known as eleoniargarin, butterin, etc.,' a flavor and odor like that found in butter made of cows milk.

The objects of this invention are, first, to providefor-imparting to the food compound a flavor and odor of natural butter without using either milk, cream or butter, as has been the common methodheretofore; second, to provide forv imparting to fatty food com pounds the essential elements extracted from cows milk, that yield the flavor and odor of butter, without however, any risk of also imparting thereto the disease germs or bacteria which cows milk so often contains; third, to provide a fatty food compound that will have a flavor and odor like that of butter made of cows milk and which will not contain casein, an element of natural milk; fourth,to providea fatty food compound that. will have a flavor and odorsimulating that of butter made of cows milk but" without the cost and expense incident to employing cows milkas heretofore done. I

Heretofore manufacturers of food compounds known by the names of oleomargarin, butterin, artificial butter,etc., have included among the ingredients entering into such compounds, the following-oleo oil, neutral lard, sometimescottonseed oil,

sometimes natural butter orcream or-as an equivalent therefor cows milk, also salt and sometimes suitable coloring matter.

' "The following is an'example of a formula for "making a cheap grade of eleomargarin,

Oleo oil about 500 pounds. Neutral lard about 250 pounds. Cottonseed oil about 300 pounds.

'Cows milk about 250.pounds. Salt about 100 pounds. Coloring matter about 1 pound.

' Total 1401 pounds.

' The-abovequantities named in the i formula would make about 1200 pounds of marketable eleomargarin. In making the higher grades of these fatty food compounds cotton-seed oil is often omitted, and'in its place there is used a larger proportion of oleo-oil.

' The oil ingredients intended for the eleo-e margarin are usually warmed to a proper temperature to liquefy them so as to facilitate the mixing, and then are blended in a tank by the action of stirrer blades. The milk ingredient in the formula is used as the element to produce flavor and odor. When the milk, salt and coloring matter have been added to the said blended oil ingredients, the mixture is first churned to incorporate thelast three named ingredients with the said oils and then themixture is drawn off into a vat containing ice-water which chills and hardens it, and finally the mass is worked. in a machine to remove the watery part which is usually treated as waste.v The watery part thus removed. by working constitutes about eighty per cent. of the original weight of the milk ingredient.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the solids of the milk which comprise fatty matter and'casein remain in the ele'omargarin.

The foregoing has reference to present methods of making eleomargarim- .A consideration of the composition of milk will at once suggest that the nitrogenous matter and fattymatter' in milk are forms of solids of a too expensive character tomake milk a desirable ingredient, from the manufacturers stand-point of cost, to be used as an addition to a low-priced food compound like eleomargarin, made up as it only about one fourth as much per pound as the solids which the milk contributes to the said food compound.

Although milkis so comparatively expensive, its, use in these food compounds has heretofore been deemed by the manufacturers as necessary in order that the compound should have the coveted flavor and odor derived from ripened or soured milk. It is a well known fact that themilk of the cow very oftencontains disease germs or bacteria, and therefore the use of milk in oleomargarm 1s a cause for apprehension andmakes such use objectionable; mypres- 'is almost entirelybffatty matter that costs ent invention proposes a method by which the main advantages that milk affords to which is that part of milk which impart flavor and odor to oleomargarinand similar food com 'ounds may be obtalned without the objection or risk referred to.

I have discovered that the elements in the -milk' which furnish the desired flavor and y 7 remains fluid after the casein has coagulated and with the fatty matters separated and removed from the fluid. The flavoring elements referred to. are albumin, milk-sugar odor, reside in what is known as or lactin, certain mineral salts in solution,

also found by examination and experiment that the said flavor and odor elements in whey, or soured milk are not injured by a hot treatment to destroy thegerm life or bacteria contained therein. In applying this hot treatment the whey or soured milk may be heated to a degree anywhere from 212 to 240 Fahrenheit.

My invention therefore consists 'of a method of making fatty food compounds, known as oleomargarin, butterin and the like, and of imparting to such compound a desirable flavor and odor by churning the said fatty compound with the fluid known as whey which has been freed of casein and germ life or bacteria. And my invention also consists of the finished product or articlerplroduced by said method.

e whey for the purpose of this method may be obtained from the cheese-maker or from the butter-maker, or may be nroduced by taking milk and ripening or souring it to develop a certain degree of acidity and flavor and also to coagulate the casein to facilitate its separation from the fluid. As already stated the germ life or bacteria is to be destroyed by heating; if this heating is done before the casein has been removed from the whey the effect of the heat is'to cook the casein so that the latter will precipitate to the bottom" of a vessel, thus allowing the clear fluid whey to be decanted or drawn off if desired the whey may be filtered. From this description it is to be understoodthat the steriliz ng of the whey to destroy germlife may be done either before or after the casein has been removed from the whey.

In carrying out my method after the ingredients that comprise the fatty food compound have been thoroughly mixed or blended, I add to said fatty compound thoroughly sterilized whey in about the'proportion of one part whey by weighttosix or. seven parts of the fatty compound, and at the same time add the salt and ,coloring matter, if coloring matter is to be used, and then churn the mixture. After the whey and salt (anda suitable machine to remove the watery part of the whey.

The fact that in producing the improved fatty compound of my invention, neither milk, cream or butter are used gives assurance that the finished article or product does not contain casein; \r

It is obvious that the number and character of the ingredients entering into the ordinary oleomargarin or butterin compounds permit of many variations of treatment and variations of proportions of theingredients, and also permits of a large number of changes or substitutions of material all of which, however,are unimportant and imma terial so far as concerns the application of the inventive idea of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. The method of imparting to fatty food compounds a flavor and odorconsisting'of taking a compound of oleo oil, neutral lard,

. cottonseed oil and salt and churning therewith the fluid known as whey; then chilling the mixture to cause it to harden, and then working the hardened mass to remove the watery part of the whey.

2. The method of treating fatty food compounds comprising oleo oil, neutral lard and salt, consisting of churning with said compound the fluid known as whey; then chilling the mixture to cause it to harden, and then working the hardened mass to remove the watery part of the whey, whereby a desirable flavor and odor will be imparted to said compound. a

3. The method of treating fatty food compounds comprising oleo oil, cotton-seed oil and salt, consisting of churning with said compound the fluid known as whey; the chilling the mixture to cause it to harden, and then working the hardened mass to remove'the watery part of the whey, whereby a desirable flavor and odor will be imparted to said compound. 7

4. The method of treating fatty food compounds comprising oleo oil, neutral lard, cotton-seed oil and salt consisting of sterilizing the fluid knownfas whey to destroy germ life therein; churning said fatty food compounds and the sterilized whey to thoroughly incorporate them; then chilling the mixture to cause it to hardenyand then workments serving to impart flavor and odor to ing the hardened mass to remove the watery the compound. I 10 part of the whey. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 5. An article of fatty food compoundfree in presence of two witnesses,

from casein consisting of oleo oil, neutral 7 JOHN H. FILBERT. lard, cotton-seed oil, salt, and the following Witnesses;

elements extracted from milk, namely, albu- G. FERD. VoG'r,

min, milk-sugar, and soluble saltssaid ele- CHARLES B. MANN, Jr. 

